1234snow Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 The RGEM may have told the story for this one. I agree. The RGEM has nailed the band this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 MRX is reporting 2" of snow just northwest of Chattanooga and Dunlap in Cagle,TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 That fetch from Clarksville to Nashville to the Southern Plateau is impressive in it's duration. I'd bet there will be places in that area that get 4-6 inches if it stays over them the rest of the day. Same with the streamer stretching from Northern Sevier into Cocke County. I've seen that area get 4-6 in a similar set up. Not sure if House Mountain in NE Knox enhances it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 MRX is reporting 2" of snow just northwest of Chattanooga and Dunlap in Cagle,TN. Cagle Mountain might be the snowiest place on the southern plateau. They always get hammered in NW flow events. The snow is still falling here lightly. It's very pretty, but the could cover is too thin, and we now have zero accumulation left. It's all melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Great pics up there Jax. I told you that Nashville goes above normal in Nino when the teleconnections cooperate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runman292 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Heavy snow falling in North Knoxville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stovepipe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Heavy snow falling in North Knoxville. It's nice to finally be under a band. Nice big beautiful flakes, the ground is getting white quickly. Hopefully it'll last for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stovepipe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It appears this high ratio snow is having a hard time sticking to the roads at these temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dwagner88 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I've never seen so much snow refuse to stick with temps in the 20's. This is hugely disappointing. We've probably had 1.5" worth refuse to stick even though it's 29 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Nashville/Mid state looks to have at least one more enhanced band that will move into their area late this afternoon into this evening. Already seeing reports of 3 inches in that area like Jax measured above. Probably going to get 4 inches in spots that way. Also the enhanced bands should rotate through East Tennessee over night. If you get lucky and a heavier band sets up across your area, I'd wager one 1-2 more inches from it. Otherwise I'd guess everyone gets .5 to 1 outside of the favored upslope areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Chattanooga gets two short waves in one day. Thought I'd never see it! Early morning dusting left breaks of sun in its wake, which may have helped amp up the leading edge of the afternoon wave. Shows up on IR and VIS as cooling clouds and a kink. Certainly a true shortwave with multi-layer clouds makes the difference. One could call it a real clipper in the South. HSV NWS gave detailed reasoning on why to believe the hi-res stuff for this afternoon. MRX also touched on it in an AFD. Around Noon North Alabama and southern Middle Tennessee started to fill in again on satellite as radar returns regenerated. CHA surface dropped back from 32 to 29/30. Rest of the area esp north is doing well with the said short waves, sustained cyclonic flow and PVA aloft. Also note 700 mb temps -17 at Nashville which is close to the ideal -23 for snow dendrite production. Normally one looks for the -23 at 500 mb (which is -30 today) but the system is kind of shallow. The 700 mb at -17 and 850 at -13 makes good snow at high ratios. Enjoy! PS for below.. JayCee I think it will improve tonight. 925/850/700 mb winds pick up just a bit out of the northwest. Those are key levels for orographic lift. Same levels should stay moist, and farther upstairs PVA at 500 mb shifts your way. Since I never get to say this: Hey we are going to send some snow from Chattanooga, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Very little snow here today. A few heavier bands passed to my north and south. Getting under one is like threading a needle. Just a few miles makes a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It's been darn impressive at just how potent the repeat bands have been over the Mid-State. Also their staying power. It's not really translated East as well as I'd have thought it would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It's been darn impressive at just how potent the repeat bands have been over the Mid-State. Also their staying power. It's not really translated East as well as I'd have thought it would have. Yeah the streams have been dang near stationary. It's interesting that more snow hasn't piled up and based on the Nashville area traffic cams pretty much nothing is sticking to the roads. I've seen half an inch of high ratio snow shut down roads at 18-20 degrees, but apparently at 30-32 degrees... not so much. Or they brined the crap out of those roads. Probably both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 We just picked up again,hasnt done much of anything the last 3 hrs.It looks like it's ended in Paducah we shouldnt have much longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnEastTN Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Yeah similar thing here got under a good shower with moderate snow for about 20 minutes. Enough to replace the dusting I had this morning that melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 It's been a westerly component instead of NW for East Tennessee as we've been on the bottom of the trough. That's not favorable for me but has been great for Monterrey and western areas of the Plateau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 It's been a westerly component instead of NW for East Tennessee as we've been on the bottom of the trough. That's not favorable for me but has been great for Monterrey and western areas of the Plateau.Yeah...not really favorable for much of East TN outside of the mountains, either. East of Knox, we do much better under a more northwesterly flow I've observed over time. Some areas have done ok today..if you were lucky enough to get under a snow band. Otherwise...just flurries most of the day.Sent from my LGL22C using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Have we tappered out yet? Whose still rippin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 few mores flakes and its over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Just did a check outside with security light on. I was surprised to see snow pouring down, and the ground and sidewalk completely covered. Heaviest snow here during the last two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 As this period extends til the 12th, MRX mentions a dusting to 1 inch possible Central Valley and points north for Friday and Friday night. The GFS depicts about an inch from the Plateau to the Tri-Cities and around .5 in the central Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Unbelievably, heavy snow is still being reported downtown this morning. No more fell IMBY, so I probably wound up with about half an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvskelton Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Decent squall over Kingsport about an hour ago. Here's a shot from the intersection of Eastman Rd and Ft Henry Drive near my office (on the left, not the We Buy Gold store on the right, btw ) at 7:20am this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Getting intermittent heavy snow squalls in Polk County right now. Isn't really amounting to much new accumulation, but I didn't expect this to last so long today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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